doughnuts

California governor’s proposed budget would halve their arts funding. This, after having boosted arts funding last year by 5 million. Apparently this decline is a surprise to no one, since last year’s funding boom was declared a one time thing. [Hyperallergic]
Steven Soderbergh decided to re-cut 2001: A Space Odyssey. Now it is only 110 minutes. [Extension 765]
The nominations are in for the Oscars; let the betting begin! Until February 22, 2015, prepare to read about nothing else. [The Daily Beast, NPR, Flavorwire]
A review of Faye Driscoll’s dance performance, Thank You for Coming: Attendance from Benjamin Sutton. The performance, which melds shared experience and images, starts off strong, but becomes hard to follow in the last scene when the references become unclear. [Hyperallergic]
Pies and Thighs, the Williamsburg spot for pies and fried chicken, takes Manhattan. Now with doughnuts! [Grub Street]
An undercover federal agent posed as a Silk Road admin and made $1,000 a week in bitcoin. No word on whether he got to keep the money. [Motherboard]
On Amazon’s dog culture, by an insane woman who does not like dogs. [The Awl]
Dog in a hole! [imgur]
19th century Romanian tattoos which trended among “like drunken sailors or prostitutes” include fairly polite portrait drawings on dead skin. [VICE Romania]
Target is shutting down its stores in Canada after two years of losses. [The Globe and Mail]
Top 10 Biggest Design Flaws on the USS Enterprise. [i09]

Thursday Links: Now With Doughnuts!